Evidence
AlphaBetaConnect completed an independent analysis of FNI program outcomes in June 2026. Those figures are below, alongside the published evidence of need behind each product, the framework the work is evaluated against, and the policies that govern it.
Alongside FNI’s own outcomes, this is the published evidence of need behind each product, drawn from government and peer-reviewed sources. Every figure carries its publication so you can check it.
Roadmap Planner
62%
by 2031
Closing the Gap Target 8 aims to lift the share of First Nations people aged 25–64 in employment to 62 per cent by 2031. The Productivity Commission assesses the target as not on track, and employment is among the outcome areas recorded as worsening.
National Agreement on Closing the Gap; Productivity Commission, Closing the Gap Annual Data Compilation Report, July 2025
Timelines
27×
detention rate
First Nations young people were 27 times as likely as non-Indigenous young people to be in detention in 2022–23, and around 84 per cent of those in detention were unsentenced — held before a matter is decided. Target 11, a 30 per cent cut in youth detention by 2031, recorded no change from its baseline in the July 2025 data.
AIHW, Closing the Gap targets: key findings and implications, 2025; Productivity Commission, Annual Data Compilation Report, July 2025
Lifeways to Leadership
$4.0b
a year
Alcohol use alone is estimated to cost Australian workplaces around $4.0 billion a year, with absenteeism accounting for close to 90 per cent of that cost. One in ten workers report being affected by a colleague’s drinking.
NCETA, Flinders University; Whetton et al., National Drug Research Institute; Alcohol and Drug Foundation
Two further things on the record, beyond the independent analysis above.
Founded by John Close, Goori House delivered culturally grounded addiction treatment in Brisbane through a staged nine-month program. Internal records tracked completion and progression through a two-week stabilisation phase and three three-month phases, indicating 100% completion initially and more than 60% progression in some later stages. Queensland University of Technology (QUT) did not validate these figures. Its report identified evidence gaps and recommended the work required for formal validation.
Source: FNI founder record, QUT evaluation report 2011, Goori House, Brisbane.
John Close created SIRITIS through FNI as an easy-to-use, customisable case management and reporting platform. At Goori House, it was configured to record participation, completion and progression through the service’s staged treatment process, support rolling intake and produce cohort-based reports. Importantly, SIRITIS did not require other services to adopt Goori House’s treatment theory or operating model. Each organisation could configure the platform around its own treatment framework, workflows, client records, reporting obligations and service needs. This flexibility made SIRITIS relevant beyond Goori House, and it was well received within Queensland’s alcohol and other drug treatment sector as an adaptable system.
Attendance, completion and statistical reporting for each cohort is generated from this system.
At FNI Education, we care about Country, community, families, and people who are often doing it tough within existing service systems. As an Indigenous family-run business, we are committed to delivering our work in a way that is safe, accountable, culturally grounded, and focused on long-term improvement for the people and services we support.
Our commitment is underpinned by clear policies that guide how we operate, protect people, manage information, and meet our responsibilities as a professional service provider.
A client-focused evaluation matrix designed to measure individual outcomes, service accountability, cultural security and continuous improvement.
Physical and emotional wellbeing · Conditions and behaviours · Personal resources and functioning
Resource utilisation review · Key process and systems review · Internal and external client review
Client and workforce development · Family and community integration · Service and resource development
Cultural awareness and competence · Partnership approaches · Leadership
Demographics
Information about the people and communities we serve.
Outcomes
Measurable changes and results achieved.
The performance indicators linked to these quadrants measure individual health outcomes and service accountability, while also capturing qualitative data on appropriateness, responsiveness, accessibility, capability, continuity, sustainability and community acceptance.
Copies of these policies are available on request. Please contact us by email and we will provide the relevant policy for your records.
